>PAL = Pilot Activated Lighting
>
>AFRU = Automatic Frequency Response Unit (iirc) 'beep back'
>
>All PALs have a AFRU, otherwise, if you couldnt see the lights, you
>wouldnt know they have been activated.
>
>NOTAM sounds like the frequency to use to turn the lighting on, has
>changed.
>
>Nothing about the CTAF frequency changing.
>
>

> On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:53:54 +0800, Moby
> NOSPAM.AND.EGGS.moby58.com> wrote:
>

>> PAL = Pilot Activated Lighting
>>
>> AFRU = Automatic Frequency Response Unit (iirc) 'beep back'
>>
>> All PALs have a AFRU, otherwise, if you couldnt see the lights, you
>> wouldnt know they have been activated.
>>
>> NOTAM sounds like the frequency to use to turn the lighting on, has
>> changed.
>>
>> Nothing about the CTAF frequency changing.
>>
>>

> that is probably right. ersa doesnt mention that there is an afru on
> the pal though it is the frequency.

> On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 14:03:46 +1000, Craig Welch pacific.net.sg>
> wrote:
>

>> Stealth Pilot wrote:

>>> On Thu, 11 Jan 2007 22:53:54 +0800, Moby
>>>

> On Sat, 13 Jan 2007 06:08:08 -0000, NickC
> internode.on.net> wrote:
>
>

>>Gregg wrote on 13 Jan 2007:
>>
>>

>>>The problem is the totally unnecessary (these days) abbreviations
>>>used where plain English could save lives.
>>>I know it was necessary back in the days of steam and morse, but
>>>FGS let's move with the times.
>>>Plain English weather, notams and regs would reduce the potential
>>>for catastrophic misunderstandings.
>>>

>>
>>The latest crash comic has a letter complaining about just this. It
>>got a weasel reply, something along the lines of "We've always done it
>>this way and it would be too hard to change." blah blah.

> ...

>Gregg wrote on 13 Jan 2007:
>

>> The problem is the totally unnecessary (these days) abbreviations
>> used where plain English could save lives.
>> I know it was necessary back in the days of steam and morse, but
>> FGS let's move with the times.
>> Plain English weather, notams and regs would reduce the potential
>> for catastrophic misunderstandings.
>>

>
>The latest crash comic has a letter complaining about just this. It
>got a weasel reply, something along the lines of "We've always done it
>this way and it would be too hard to change." blah blah.

> On Sat, 13 Jan 2007 06:08:08 -0000, NickC
> internode.on.net> wrote:
>
>

>>Gregg wrote on 13 Jan 2007:
>>
>>

>>>The problem is the totally unnecessary (these days) abbreviations
>>>used where plain English could save lives.
>>>I know it was necessary back in the days of steam and morse, but
>>>FGS let's move with the times.
>>>Plain English weather, notams and regs would reduce the potential
>>>for catastrophic misunderstandings.
>>>

>>
>>The latest crash comic has a letter complaining about just this. It
>>got a weasel reply, something along the lines of "We've always done it
>>this way and it would be too hard to change." blah blah.

> ...

> head office notam on a weather forecast 10/01/2007
>
> NEWMAN (YNWN) C257/06
> PAL + AFRU OPR FREQ 119.6
> FROM 12 140000 TO PERM
>
> now I decoded that as from midnight zulu on the 14 december 2006 the
> frequency changed.
> flew from there today and nothing has changed. the frequency on the
> erc low is still in use.
>
> sooooo I need a second set of eyes to decode the time date group.
>
> I find this stuff stunningly inspiring.
> Newman has commercial jet traffic and it is essential that all
> aircraft in the ctaf are on the correct frequency. this wanketty wank
> coding is a safety issue.
>
> Newman's ctaf freq btw was 126.7 yesterday and today. ...